Noircon 2008: The Official Podcast Day 2: Editors and Publishers Tackle Noir

Clute and Edwards discuss the editing and publishing of noir fiction
with three members of this Day 2 Noircon panel: Charles Ardai, Stacia
Decker, and Michael Langnas. Charles Ardai is the editor and publisher
of the Hard Case Crime series. Stacia Decker is an editor who has
worked with such writers as Ray Banks, Declan Burke, Allan Guthrie and
John McFetridge. Michael Langnas is the editor-in-chief of Murdaland
Magazine, a crime-fiction journal put out by Baltimore-based publisher
Cortwright McMeel. The three guests offer us a behind-the-scenes look
into the world of noir publishing. The panelists address violence in
noir fiction, the complex appeal of noir, and the challenges and
pleasures of editing and publishing noir writing. For more information
about Noircon, visit the official conference
website at www.noircon.com. For more information about the hard-boiled
podcasts of Clute and Edwards, visit www.noircast.net